Wednesday, 1 April 2009

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Five mile geology walk

Zig-zags in sandstone, possibly formed by an earthquake shaking wet sand, leading to sand layers slumping

Trying to see fossilised sand ripples

Checking out erosion in a wall: stone reverts to sand

Coal seam underlain by a white sandstone named seatearth; the latter has black rootlet marks from the forest that used to flourish above it

Brownish sandstone marked with the remains of tubes dug by burrowing worms or other animals

Unexpected rock monster

Calvin decides that whatever is round the next headland is not worth seeing and makes for home.

Round the next headland: volcanic plugs from ancient volcanoes.

Geology dog

Folded and tilted rock strata

Sea stack

Did we really leave the car on the other side of St Andrews?

9 comments:

Lorna said...

Wonderful. You are so lucky to be living near a coastline that is so famous for its part in the history of geology.
I hate that sinking feeling of how far we have strayed from the car. It must have been a wonderful day.

Ami said...

What a great walk! My family would love to see this.

Makita said...

We, too, recently spent a day learning about our local geological history. You captured some great photos! :D

Kim said...

What a view! Great pictures.

CookieMonster said...

It's wonderful the way you take advantange of the learning opportunities near you.

I just love geology. That would have been a blast of a trip.

Laughing Lioness said...

Wonderful pictures. We used to take many hikes like this when we lived near the CapRock.

Paige said...

What a great adventure, thanks for sharing it.

navhelowife said...

fabulous pictures. I really like the one with the sand waves in the rock!

TheRockerMom said...

Now I know why my husband wants to move the family to Scotland. It's so beautiful. Even the rocks are gorgeous.

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